Application Engineer

Humankind Global Recruitment; Málaga; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy is seeking an Application Engineer in Málaga or Madrid. This role involves maintaining and optimising applications, troubleshooting issues, and automating processes. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Linux system administration and be hands-on with tools such as Kubernetes and Docker. Fluency in English is required. This position offers a full-time contract with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role involving Linux system administration.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, VMware or OpenStack.
• Familiarity with automation using Python, Puppet, Ansible, or Shell scripting.
• Strong attention to detail, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and ability to participate in on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, optimise and ensure applications run smoothly.
• Plan, implement, integrate, and troubleshoot applications.
• Automate processes to enhance performance.
• Maintain and scale 30+ applications to prevent downtime.

Skills

Linux system administration

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware

OpenStack

Python

Puppet

Ansible

Shell scripting

Monitoring tools (Prometheus/Grafana)

Grafana

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Malaga or Madrid (Hybrid 2 days a week on site), Permanent

Most job ads tell you the company is "world class" or "global". Which is true here, but let’s be honest - that doesn’t really tell you what you need.

What probably matters more to you is:

• You’ll be joining a growing Monitoring & Applications team.
• They’ve got about 30 applications that need maintaining, optimising, and making sure they don’t fall over.
• You’ll be the person making sure they run smoothly and scale properly

The role itself? Working for an IT Consultancy as an Application Engineer you’ll be involved in a mix of planning, implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting. You’ll automate wherever you can, keep performance high, and work with teams across Networks, Platforms, Storage and Virtualisation. If something’s broken, you’ll help fix it. If something could run better, you’ll make it happen.

Here’s what they need from you:

• Previous experience in a similar role involving Linux system administration experience.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, VMware or OpenStack.
• You know your way around automation - Python, Puppet, Ansible, or Shell scripting will do.
• A great mix of attention to detail, teamwork and communication skills.
• If you’ve used monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana that would be highly advantageous.

Please note due to the nature of the role the client requires someone who is fluent in English and is able to support as part of an on call rota approximately 1 week a month.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

If you are interested to find out more please apply for the role with an up to date copy of your CV. If you have any questions that you would like to discuss first, please call Adam on [phone].